Close Encounters With Music

Moonlight Sonatas Concert
2025-08-02 10:30 - 12:30, 2025-08-01 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-07-31 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-07-30 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-07-28 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | The Kellogg Center at Bard College Simon’s Rock, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, 01230, United States
Come experience performances by talented young musicians and renowned faculty members!
Berkshire High Peaks Festival “Moonlight Sonatas” concerts feature talented students and distinguished faculty and are held at The Kellogg Center at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, MA.
These concerts are free and open to the public as part of the larger festival, which includes masterclasses and other events.
High Peaks residents and faculty perform on these dates:
Monday, July 28 @7:30pm
Wednesday, July 30 @7:30pm
Thursday, July 31 @7:30pm
Friday, August 1 @7:30pm
Saturday, August 2 @10:30am @2:00pm @7:30pm (Farewell Performances)

Berkshire High Peaks Festival in Concert (PRIVATE EVENT)
2025-08-01 15:00 - 17:00 | Tannersville, NY
A vibrant afternoon of music featuring renowned faculty and outstanding young artists of the Berkshire High Peaks Festival. From Renaissance-inspired English dances to sweeping Romanticism and Argentinian soul, the program spans cultures and centuries. Highlights include Peter Warlock’s Capriol Suite, the emotionally charged Adagio from Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata, Mendelssohn’s dramatic Piano Trio in D minor with prize-winning violinist Peter Zazofsky, and tango selections performed by Buenos Aires Philharmonic cellist Diego Fainguersch. Topping off the afternoon is Metropolitan Opera soprano Danielle Talamantes with arias and timeless songs from the American Songbook.

Master Class: "The Acting Singer" with Jay Lesenger
2025-07-31 13:30 - 14:30 | The Kellogg Center at Bard College Simon’s Rock, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, 01230, United States
Join us for a fascinating Master Class “The Acting Singer” with opera director/conductor Jay Lesenger. His Acting Masterclasses for Singers are transformative!
Berkshire High Peaks talks are free and open to the public! All events are at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. No registration necessary.
Jay Lesenger is a Guest Stage Director at Bard College — Undergraduate Opera Workshop—and is General/Artistic Director Emeritus, Chautauqua Opera, 1994 – 2015. See full bio here.

Master Class: Voice with Danielle Talamantes and Kerry Wilkerson
2025-07-30 13:30 - 14:30 | The Kellogg Center at Bard College Simon’s Rock, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, 01230, United States
Join us for this voice master class with Danielle Talamantes (Metropolitan Opera) and Kerry Wilkerson (George Mason Univ.). Berkshire High Peaks Festival offers master classes to its students; they are free and open for the public to attend. These master classes and talks are held at The Kellogg Center at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Read their full biographies here.

SOLD OUT "One World – A Harmonic Convergence" at The Guthrie Center
2025-07-29 19:00 - 21:00 | The Guthrie Center, 2 Van Deusenville Road, Great Barrington, 01230, United States
** SOLD OUT **
Folk and classical traditions come together in a spirited celebration of music without borders. “One World – A Harmonic Convergence!” is a genre-blending performance that reveals how melodies passed down through generations find new life in the concert hall, and how classical music has always drawn strength from the soul of the people. Discover what happens when worlds meet—and resonate as one.
Join the artists of the Berkshire High Peaks Festival and The Guthrie Center on Tuesday, July 29 at 7:00pm for an unforgettable evening where storytelling and song transcend time and place.
Program (order subject to changes):
Warlock – Suite Capriol Suite (12’) – Peter Zazofsky
Gershwin – Three Preludes– Gila Goldstein (7’)
De Falla – Siete Canciones Populares Españolas (2–3 movements)– Returning students Laura + Calvin (piano) (6’)
Chinese Folk Selection (5’)– Vivian Wu + Zoe
Fazil Say – Cleopatra (6’)– Katie
Bloch – Hebrew Prayer (4’)– Yehuda
Coleridge-Taylor – Five Negro Melodies (1 movement plus the last) (6’)
Bragato, Graciela y Buenos Aires– Shiyu + Diego
Woody’s Children – All performers (finale) (5’)
Doors open at 6pm: Tickets for this event are pay as you wish.
All proceeds benefit the Berkshire High Peaks Scholarship Fund & The Guthrie Center.
REGISTER HERE

Master Class: Piano with Alexander Shtarkman
2025-07-29 13:30 - 14:30 | The Kellogg Center at Bard College Simon’s Rock, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, 01230, United States
Join us for this piano master class with Alexander Shtarkman (Peabody Conservatory). Berkshire High Peaks Festival offers master classes to its students; they are free and open for the public to attend. These master classes and talks are held at The Kellogg Center at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Alexander Shtarkman is a returning faculty member. He performs and gives master classes in Europe, Asia, South and North Americas, and in Russia where he is a frequent guest performer at the prestigious Great and Small Halls of the Moscow Conservatory. Read his full biography here.

Master Class: Cello with Yehuda Hanani
2025-07-28 13:30 - 14:30 | The Kellogg Center at Bard College Simon’s Rock, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, 01230, United States
Join us for this cello master class with Yehuda Hanani (Mannes College). Berkshire High Peaks Festival offers master classes to its students; they are free and open for the public to attend. These master classes and talks are held at The Kellogg Center at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Yehuda Hanani, the artistic director of Close Encounters With Music and the Berkshire High Peaks Festival, is known for his charismatic playing; his profound interpretations bring him acclaim and reengagements across the globe. Read his full biography here.

Music from High Peaks at Chesterwood
2025-07-27 15:00 - 16:00 | Chesterwood, West Stockbridge, Chesterwood, 4 Williamsville Road, West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 01262
Come enjoy this Berkshire High Peaks Festival student ensemble performance at Chesterwood, the former summer home of American sculptor Daniel Chester French (1850-1931). Beautiful music in a beautiful setting!
Tickets are $25/pp or $20/members. Purchase here.

Main Stage at Berkshire Busk!
2025-07-26 18:30 - 19:00 | Berkshire Busk Main Stage, Railroad Street, Great Barrington, 01230, United States
Our talented students take the Main Stage on Saturday, July 26 at 6:30pm at Berkshire Busk! during Festival Latino—a joyful, high-energy evening of music in downtown Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Berkshire Busk! launches its fifth season on Friday, June 27 in the downtown Great Barrington. The outdoor summertime event began in 2020, during the pandemic, to draw people to the downtown area through live musical performances and acts by magicians, circus artists, and dancers.
You can also see our students perform at “Moonlight Sonatas” concerts during our Berkshire High Peaks Festival, July 24 – August 2.

Master Class: Violin with Peter Zazofsky
2025-07-26 13:30 - 14:30 | The Kellogg Center at Bard College Simon’s Rock, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, 01230, United States
Join us for this violin master class with Peter Zazofsky (Boston University). Berkshire High Peaks Festival offers master classes to its students; they are free and open for the public to attend. These master classes and talks are held at The Kellogg Center at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Peter Zazofsky is a returning faculty member with a thirty-year career as a soloist, chamber musician and educator. Read his full biography here.

Master Class: Viola with Anthony Devroye
2025-07-25 13:30 - 14:30 | The Kellogg Center at Bard College Simon’s Rock, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, 01230, United States
Join us for this viola master class with Anthony Devroye of the renowned Avalon Quartet. Berkshire High Peaks Festival offers master classes to its students; they are free and open for the public to attend. These master classes and talks are held at The Kellogg Center at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Anthony Devroye is a returning faculty member and is known for his gutsy, colorful and nuanced playing—and the communicative clarity of his performances. Read his full biography here.

Master Class: Piano with Gila Goldstein
2025-07-24 13:30 - 14:30 | The Kellogg Center at Bard College Simon’s Rock, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, 01230, United States
Join us for this piano master class with Gila Goldstein. Berkshire High Peaks Festival offers master classes to its students; they are free and open for the public to attend. These master classes and talks are held at The Kellogg Center at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Gila Goldstein is a returning faculty member and renowned artist. She is a versatile musician who has captivated audiences around the world with her artistry, performing as a soloist and collaborative pianist throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, Korea, the Philippines, Europe and Israel. Read her full biography here.

L’Amour Toujours and A World Premiere + Gala Dinner
2025-06-08 16:00 - 18:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
Concert Tickets + Gala Dinner Reservation
Sunday, June 8
Concert: 4pm – 6pm
Dinner: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
You are invited to our grand season finale, which includes premium concert seating and a reserved seat at the Gala Dinner for $250.00.
It’s all about love: A new work for clarinet trio by composer Seth Grosshandler that celebrates young love, courtship and the serendipity of meeting one’s intended receives its inaugural performance. Signature love arias from favorite operas and Broadway sung by Metropolitan Opera soprano Danielle Talamantes and Kerry Wilkerson. Schubert’s Shepherd on the Rock (“My sweetheart dwells so far from me, I long hotly to be with her over there”) is a tour de force meshing clarinet and soprano. Resolved to retire, in 1891 Brahms encountered the clarinet playing of Richard Mühlfeld and was inspired by a fresh muse to compose once again. A scholar and close friend of Brahms praised the Clarinet Trio, writing that “It is as though the instruments were in love with each other.” An all-star ensemble that shares the stage with artistic director Yehuda Hanani includes clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein (“…treats his instrument as his personal voice, dazzling in its spectrum of colors, agility and range” –Washington Post) returning to CEWM after several seasons. So concludes Season 33 of Close Encounters With Music – bookended by the immortal Brahms, by inspiration and friendship.
Max Levinson, piano; Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet; Danielle Talamantes, soprano; Kerry Wilkerson, baritone; Yehuda Hanani, cello
Immediately following the concert, our Gala dinner at the Stockbridge Club, 6 Main Street, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, celebrates another successful season of our adventures in chamber music.
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L’Amour Toujours and A World Premiere
2025-06-08 16:00 - 18:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
It’s all about love: A new work for clarinet trio by composer Seth Grosshandler that celebrates young love, courtship and serendipity of meeting one’s intended receives its inaugural performance. Signature love arias from favorite operas and Broadway sung by Metropolitan Opera soprano Danielle Talamantes and Kerry Wilkerson. Schubert’s Shepherd on the Rock (“My sweetheart dwells so far from me, I long hotly to be with her over there) is a tour de force meshing clarinet and soprano. Resolved to retire, in 1891, Brahms encountered the clarinet playing of Richard Mühlfeld and was inspired by a fresh muse to compose once again. A scholar and close friend of Brahms praised the Clarinet Trio, writing.that “It is as though the instruments were in love with each other.” An all-star ensemble that shares the stage with artistic director, Yehuda Hanani, includes clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein (“…treats his instrument as his personal voice, dazzling in its spectrum of colors, agility and range” –Washington Post) returning to CEWM after several seasons. So concludes Season 33 of Close Encounters With Music – bookended by the immortal Brahms, by inspiration and friendship.
Max Levinson, piano; Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet; Danielle Talamantes, soprano; Kerry Wilkerson, baritone; Yehuda Hanani, cello

A Tale of Two Salons—Winnaretta Singer and Marcel Proust
2025-05-18 16:00 - 18:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
The daughter of sewing machine industrialist Isaac Merritt Singer, Winnaretta Singer, Princess de Polignac, was a force of nature, hosting everyone from Leion Bakst to Jean Cocteau and Jean Giraudoux to Prokofiev, Madame Jean Lanvin, Siegfried Wagner, Arthur Rubenstein, Arnold Schoenberg, and Edith Wharton in her Paris salon. more importantly, she was responsible for developing a new genre: “Great music for a small space by up-and-coming composers” in the words of Sylvia Kahan, her biographer, who will join for the four-hand piano “Bagatelle” by Winaretta’s husband, Edmond de Polignac. Works either commissioned by her, dedicated to her, or that were performed in her mansion on Rue Henri-Martin, will be featured in our on-stage “salon”: Ravel’s Pavane pour un enfant défunte, Stravinsky’s Piano Sonata 1924, the sizzling César Franck Piano Quintet and songs by Fauré, Polenc and Reynaldo Hahn. She also befriended Marcel Proust and his lover Hahn, who reciprocated with an evening at their Pairs salon, inspiring a chapter in Swann’s Way. A rich tapestry in search of time, place and personages.
Alexander Shtarkman, piano; Sylvia Kahan, piano; William Ferguson, tenor; Grace Park, violin; Xiao-Dong Wang, violin; Helena Baillie, viola; Yehuda Hanani, cello
Join us for an Afterglow Reception on the Mahaiwe stage following the concert! You are invited to meet the artists and enjoy bites and beverages by Authentic Eats by Oleg.

Annual Luncheon Musicale Benefit
2025-05-04 12:00 - 14:00 | the Lenox Club, 111 Yokun Ave, Lenox, MA, 01240, United States
Lift your spirit at our Annual Luncheon Musicale Benefit! Enjoy the American Songbook, chansons, gospel, oratorio, and spirituals and celebrate 25-years of CEWM’s Commissioning Program. This program has supported the creation of and premiered 24 new works by 19 composers.
Featured artists: Zoe-Elizabeth McCray, soprano, and Renana Gutman, piano.
The scintillating atmosphere of the 19th century Salon helped promote artists, painters and musicians as the intelligentsia gathered to exchange ideas, enhanced by gaiety and ambience. Savor a superb lunch and support Close Encounters With Music. La vie est belle!
RSVP by April 21.
Tickets: $175/pp
Purchase Tickets Here via PayPal.
Checks are payable to:
Close Encounters With Music
PO Box 34
Great Barrington, MA 01230

Classical Roots, Latin Soul—The Dalí String Quartet
2025-04-27 16:00 - 18:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
Alongside Beethoven’s Quartet No. 1 Op. 18 and Mendelssohn’s Op. 80 Quartet, this program is infused with striking Latin repertoire: Sonia Morales-Matos’ Divertimento Caribeño No. 3 (dance suites of Caribbean merengue sandwiched around a Cuban bolero) and Astor Pizzolla’s Tango Ballet, a work that paints pictures through rhythms and melodies. The Dalí Quartet is Chamber Music of America’s 2024 Ensemble of the Year and the 2019 recipient of the Atlanta Symphony’s esteemed Aspire Award for accomplished African American and Latino Musicians, among other awards. Beethoven’s first of his 16 string quartets contains thematic scaffolding and inspirations from Mozart and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Mendelssohn’s Quartet No. 6 in F minor was written in homage to his sister Fanny, shortly after her death and just before his.
“… beautifully prepared program…the Latin American program alternately glimmered and blazed.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer
Dalí String Quartet: Ari Isaacman-Beck, violin; Carlos Rubio, violin; Adriana Linares, viola; Jesus Morales, cello
Join us for an Afterglow Reception on the Mahaiwe stage following the concert! You are invited to meet the artists and enjoy bites and beverages by Authentic Eats by Oleg.

“Rite of Spring”—Rachmaninoff/Stravinsky
2025-03-23 16:00 - 18:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
Two monumental works, two Russian ex-pats of the same aristocratic background – and two divergent extremes. One a master of nostalgia and a formidable pianist, follows in the footsteps of Chopin. The other, a trailblazer, scandalizer and collaborator of Picasso delights in breaking old molds – though harking back to traditional Russian folk material – and ushers in a new age in music, conceptually aligned with Cubism. Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring shocked tout-Paris and sparked riots (scenes from the film Coco Chanel will be shown). Rachmaninoff’s Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano was written after a course of hypnotherapy for “composers block,” out of which emerged a work of virtuosity and grandeur, with his characteristic flourishes and a Russian Belle Époque sensibility. “Terrifyingly difficult” for the piano, it is a virtual piano concerto – not to downplay the soulful melodic role of the cello.
Michael Chertock, piano; Yehuda Hanani, cello; Enes Pektas, baritone
Join us for an Afterglow Reception on the Mahaiwe stage following the concert! You are invited to meet the artists and enjoy bites and beverages by Authentic Eats by Oleg.

6 Unaccompanied Bach Suites for Cello with Colin Carr & Yehuda Hanani
2025-02-23 16:00 - 18:00 | Saint James Place, 352 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
THIS PERFORMANCE IS SOLD OUT.
Two leading Bach interpreters embark on a journey while traversing his Six Suites, the apogee of the cello repertoire. Filled with mystery and beauty, blasted through with rapture, every note is a bold statement. Music that first flowed from the composer’s quill in the early 1700’s, it belongs to no specific time or place. At the same time as it floats in the heavenly spheres, it provides plenty of earthly pleasures – courtly music, riffs, Celtic jigs, the merriment of a tavern musician, and glimpses of modern minimalism. The title “Unaccompanied” is a bit of a misnomer: a single cellist takes on numerous voices, making the music drama for three or four characters played by the actor! If angels danced, this is the music that would no doubt accompany them on their gramophone.
Colin Carr, cello; Yehuda Hanani, cello

“…Colin Carr—supreme technique and ebullience” –Boston Musical Intelligencer
“In this era of the cello, Hanani is among the best. His Bach was absorbing,
imaginative, beautiful in all respects.” –San Francisco Examiner

Vivace Chamber Orchestra: Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Boccherini, Barber
2024-12-15 16:00 - 18:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
Composed by Tchaikovsky to counter a bout of insomnia and melancholy, Serenade for Strings immediately cheered him up, and he reported “feeling well, invigorated and content” – as gratified listeners have over the years. Few composers have possessed the ability to reflect emotions within their music as well as Tchaikovsky, and the Serenade channels solemnity and joy (an homage to Mozart, a memorable joy) into one perfect package. Barber’s iconic Adagio, “full of pathos and cathartic passion, rarely leaves a dry eye” (it was played at the funerals of Albert Einstein and Princess Grace of Monaco…). Holberg Suite (subtitled “suite in the olden style” – 1884), one of Grieg’s most beloved works, offers chorale-like harmonies, joyous and lilting rhythms, and hints of a rural fiddle player. Boccherini’s Baroque-era Cello Concerto, rewritten in a Romantic vein, is a virtuosic delight. The Vivace Chamber Orchestra is comprised of fourteen top-tier soloists who gather for periodic tours.
Vivace Chamber Orchestra; Yehuda Hanani, cello
Join us for an Afterglow Reception on the Mahaiwe stage following the concert! You are invited to meet the artists and enjoy bites and beverages by Authentic Eats by Oleg.

Drama and Melodrama—The Schumanns
2024-10-20 16:00 - 18:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230, United States
The ever-fascinating and intimate triangle – Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms – will be brought to new light with seldom-heard works that highlight the musical cross-references and spiritual bond that united them. Predating accompaniment to silent film by decades, Robert’s melodrama, Schön Hedwig is a forerunner to soap-opera sentimentality with a happy ending. His Piano Quartet in E-flat Major (premiered with Clara as pianist), marries Romantic lyricism with baroque counterpoint and sonic flamboyance in one of the masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire. Also featured are Clara Schumann’s piano concerto composed with a daring slow movement, a love duet between the piano and a single cello, as well as her Three Romances for Violin and Piano. Brahms’ greatest set of piano variations Op. 9, written after Schumann was committed to an asylum, spells out the name CLARA in its theme, in a work tender, boisterous and touched with heartfelt brilliance.
Adam Golka, piano; Itamar Zorman, violin; Helena Baillie, viola; Yehuda Hanani, cello; Michael Wise, narrator
Join us for an Afterglow Reception on the Mahaiwe stage following the concert! You are invited to meet the artists and enjoy bites and beverages by Authentic Eats by Oleg.

Moonlight Sonatas Farewell Concert
2024-07-30 19:30 - 21:00 | Bard College at Simon’s Rock, The Kellogg Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, 01230, United States
Our final Moonlight Sonatas concert features Berkshire High Peaks Festival Residents and Faculty on Thursday, July 25 at 7:30pm at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington. This performance is free and open to the public. No registration required.
For audiences and listeners, High Peaks offers wall-to-wall performances as participants—strings, pianists, vocalists and wind players—showcase their talent at the Kellogg Music Center, often alongside their mentors.
At the core of the Berkshire High Peaks Festival are 50 international students of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment who gather for intensive study, are coached as part of performing ensembles, and enjoy discussions and workshops by prominent composers, renowned pedagogues, and notable figures in the music world as they prepare for professional lives. These talented, young musicians are tomorrow’s superstars!
Please direct questions to info@cewmusic.org or call 800.843.0778.

"Meet the Composer" with Seth Grosshandler and Tamar Muskal
2024-07-29 13:30 - 14:30 | Bard College at Simon’s Rock, The Kellogg Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, 01230, United States
Join us for “Meet the Composer,” a talk with Seth Grosshandler and Tamar Muskal.
Berkshire High Peaks Festival talks are free and open to the public! All events are at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. No registration necessary.

Master Class with Anthony Devroye
2024-07-29 10:30 - 12:30 | Bard College at Simon’s Rock, The Kellogg Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, 01230, United States
Berkshire High Peaks master classes are free and open to the public! All master classes are at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
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Anthony Devroye
Known for his gutsy, colorful and nuanced playing—and the communicative clarity of his performances—violist Anthony Devroye has helped people deepen their connection to great music for over twenty years. As violist of the Avalon String Quartet, Mr. Devroye has performed at Carnegie Hall in New York, the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango in Bogotá, and the Shrine of St. Thérèse in Juneau, Alaska. An innovative and inspiring educator, Mr. Devroye is Professor of Viola at the Northern Illinois University School of Music. He has also presented guest masterclasses at over a dozen universities including Northwestern and UCLA, and has spent summers teaching at Interlochen, Madeline Island, and the Icicle Creek Center for the Arts. He plays a 2001 viola made by Gabrielle Kundert in Olney, Maryland. Read full bio here.
Berkshire High Peaks Festival
The Berkshire High Peaks Festival is a performing and teaching summer institute bringing together renowned musicians, pedagogues and exceptionally gifted international students, normally held in the cultural hub of the southern Berkshires. The intimate scale and highest level of talent make possible an invigorating ten days of discovery, exploration, bonding and growth. The festival has an all-inclusive atmosphere, fostering camaraderie and cross-cultural exchange and understanding. The faculty is similarly international. In past summers, in addition to the classical canon, the music has focused on traditions ranging from Latin American tango to Japanese ceremonial drums to the heritage of Jazz and improvisation in addition to the classical canon. Central to the festival’s mission are performance opportunities for young artists on the cusp of their careers. Faculty and guest performers have included the most respected classical musicians and teachers of our time.

Moonlight Sonatas Concert
2024-07-28 19:30 - 21:00 | Bard College at Simon’s Rock, The Kellogg Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, 01230, United States
This Moonlight Sonatas concert features Berkshire High Peaks Festival Residents on Sunday, July 28 at 7:30pm at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington. This performance is free and open to the public. No registration required. For audiences and listeners, High Peaks offers wall-to-wall performances as participants—strings, pianists, vocalists and wind players—showcase their talent at the Kellogg Music Center, often alongside their mentors.
At the core of the Berkshire High Peaks Festival are 50 international students of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment who gather for intensive study, are coached as part of performing ensembles, and enjoy discussions and workshops by prominent composers, renowned pedagogues, and notable figures in the music world as they prepare for professional lives. These talented, young musicians are tomorrow’s superstars!
Free public concerts
Monday, July 22 @7:30pm — Residents
Tuesday, July 23 @7:30pm — Residents
Thursday, July 25 @7:30pm — Faculty
Sunday, July 28 @7:30pm — Residents
Tuesday, July 30 @7:30pm — Farewell with Residents and Faculty
Please direct questions to info@cewm.org or call 800.843.0778.

Music from High Peaks at Chesterwood
2024-07-28 15:00 - 16:00 | Chesterwood, West Stockbridge, Chesterwood, 4 Williamsville Road, West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 01262
Experience the exquisite acoustics of the historic Chesterwood Studio with our talented, international Berkshire High Peaks students! This concert is Sunday, July 28, 2024, 3:00pm – 4:00pm. Selections will vary from classic to modern for stringed instruments. These musicians are tomorrow’s superstars!
Limited seating: advance reservations are required. This is a ticketed event through Chesterwood.
Adults: $20
Chesterwood Members: $15
Children: Free
EBT/MCC Card to Culture: $10
Buy tickets here.
